Content Manager volunteer opportunity at iLevelUP: unpaid work with Content Management Team. This is a fully remote role.
Content Manager: remote volunteer opportunity
Keep content production organized from draft to approval. Coordinate the editorial calendar, maintain quality standards, and help contributors publish accurate educational material.
Fully remote | Unpaid volunteer | United States
About iLevelUP
iLevelUP is a free, AI-powered, game-based learning experience being developed by Believe in Me to help young people explore education and career possibilities and build self-confidence. The product is in limited beta. The learner is the main character, and iLevelUP is the guide.
Content Manager role overview
As an iLevelUP Content Manager, you will contribute practical expertise to a nonprofit education product in limited beta. Keep content production organized from draft to approval. Coordinate the editorial calendar, maintain quality standards, and help contributors publish accurate educational material.
You will work with the relevant team to agree on priorities, review progress, and document decisions. Because the product is still developing, clear handoffs and useful feedback matter.
What you will own
Your contribution centers on the responsibilities below. First, understand the current work and the needs of your collaborators. Next, agree on a manageable scope with the team lead. Then, share progress and raise blockers early. Finally, document the decisions that your teammates need for the next step.
Content Manager responsibilities
- Maintain an editorial calendar that aligns content priorities, owners, deadlines, and review stages.
- Coordinate the drafting, editing, approval, and publication readiness of educational content across channels.
- Apply consistent voice, style, accessibility, and plain-language standards to content deliverables.
- Organize approved content assets and document version, source, usage, and retention information.
- Review performance insights and stakeholder feedback to recommend evidence-based content improvements.
- Partner with program, design, and technical volunteers while escalating factual, privacy, or compliance concerns.
Early deliverables
- First, review the current content writer or editor work and identify useful next steps with your team lead.
- Next, agree on an initial deliverable, its review criteria, and the people who need to contribute.
- Finally, complete a reviewable piece of work and document what the next contributor needs to know.
Content Manager required qualifications
- Experience managing editorial workflows, content operations, or comparable communications projects.
- Strong editing, organization, prioritization, and written communication skills.
- Working knowledge of content management systems, editorial calendars, and collaborative review tools.
- Ability to apply accessibility, inclusive-language, attribution, and brand standards.
- Ability to manage multiple deadlines and communicate blockers clearly in a remote volunteer environment.
- Commitment to protecting confidential information and supporting iLevelUP’s educational mission.
Content Manager helpful experience
- Related education, nonprofit, or volunteer project experience can help you understand the context of the work.
- In addition, examples of clear documentation and remote collaboration are useful to share with your application.
How we work
Work with Content Management Team through approved project tools. In practice, share concise updates, ask for the context you need, and keep decisions in the agreed workspace. For example, explain what you completed, what needs review, and what is blocking the next step. In addition, protect learner and project information when preparing examples or discussing your work.
Why volunteer with iLevelUP
- Contribute to a nonprofit education product at a stage when your decisions can shape the learner experience.
- Own a meaningful body of work and collaborate across education, design, engineering, and student support.
- Develop work samples and share approved contributions in your portfolio while respecting project and learner confidentiality.
Time commitment and location
This is a fully remote, unpaid volunteer opportunity. Weekly availability, meeting times, project scope, and the duration of your commitment will be agreed during onboarding. The published eligibility area for this opening is the United States.
How to apply
First, use the Believe in Me volunteer application to share your résumé or professional profile, relevant experience, availability, and a brief statement of interest. Before submitting, remove personal, confidential, and proprietary information from any work samples.
For the Content Manager opening, explain a relevant project. For example, describe the problem you addressed and your own contribution. If you are still building experience, describe how your current skills connect with the listed responsibilities. Next, the team will review your application and discuss fit and expectations with selected applicants.
We welcome applicants from varied backgrounds and pathways. Before applying, review this role’s required and helpful experience. Also, if you need an accommodation during the application or interview process, use iLevelUP’s contact page.
Role details
- Role: Content Manager
- Program: iLevelUP, a Believe in Me initiative
- Employment type: Unpaid volunteer
- Workplace: Fully remote
- Applicant eligibility: United States
- Team: Content Management Team
- Company address: 107 Spring Street, 2nd Floor, Seattle, WA 98104
- Job ID: 746
This is a fully remote, unpaid volunteer opportunity. Weekly availability, meeting times, project scope, and the duration of your commitment will be agreed during onboarding. The published eligibility area for this opening is the United States.